7OS05 Managing people in an international context

Unit overview

What will I learn?

There can be major challenges and complexities facing organisations when they become international in their scope and activities. Comparative people management practice varies from country to country, the reasons for this being partly institutional in nature and partly cultural. This unit explores how and why organisations trade and operate internationally, the different forms that international business operations take and some of the practical and ethical issues that international organisations face from a people management perspective.

Helpful reading

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Books

International Human Resource Management. 5th ed. London: CIPD Kogan Page.

Brewster, C., Houldsworth, E., Sparrow, P. and Vernon, G. (2023)

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Essentials of International Human Resource Management: The Theory and Practice of Managing People Globally. London: Kogan Page.

Opute, J. (2024)

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International Human Resource Management: A Case Study Approach. London: Kogan Page.

Wintersberger, D. (ed). (2017)

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Online Resources

The Right Way to Manage Expats. Harvard Business Review [online], March.

Black, J.S. and Gregersen, H. (1999)

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Mapping the Terrain of International Human Resource Management Research Over the Past 50 Years: A Bibliographic Analysis. Journal of World Business. Vol 56, No 2, February.

Fan, D., Zhu, C.J., Huang, Z. and Kumar, V. (2021)

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Expatriate Management [Blog]. London: DavidsonMorris

Morris, A. (2020)

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Achieving International Global Integration: The Crucial Role of ’Globalising Actors’. London: Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development.

Tregasis, O. and Edwards, T. (2020)

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